As Mark and Julia go to investigate the murder, they discuss what to do with that nasty complaint in the car.

Although Jimmy didn't say how he did it, but what he said just now has given the next processing process, so the rest can no longer be left to Jimmy to make ideas.

If the two of them don't have any opinions, then don't think about independence, you must know that Jimmy is only two or three years older than the two of them, but he has a few years more experience, and this gap is really visible to the naked eye.

Whether it is the cases they follow Jimmy or the cases he has handled before in the materials, the gap is so big that it makes people feel that there is an insurmountable gap between geniuses and ordinary people, and there are only a few people in the entire Manhattan office who can handle cases like Jimmy? At least they hadn't heard of it.

They are now going to the IRS office to investigate colleagues related to the deceased, asking the deceased some previous things, in order to make sure they have not missed any clues, otherwise the murder case will really be suspended, and there are no clues at the scene, and there are no clues at the scene, only through the deceased's relationship and movement trajectory to infer whether there is a possible murderer.

This method is completely based on manpower and brain power to pile up, there is no possibility of tricks, at most it is to find someone to come over and do a murderer's profile, but that is generally for big and important cases, otherwise there is no way to mobilize Kuntike's BAU team, after all, there are only five teams in total, and it is not enough to support the whole country.

After questioning the deceased's colleagues, the two of them did not get any new clues, mainly because the deceased usually did not tell too much about his private affairs with others, and he was really blind in this case.

Looking at the time, Mark and the others returned to the monitoring team, seeing that the monitoring team didn't get much information from the outside, Mark gritted his teeth, "Give me a set of listening equipment, and I will come to apologize." ”

Julia looked at Mark, "Are we going to expose us staring at him now?" ”

Mark: "It's not exposed, it's that I apologized after receiving the complaint, and I hope he withdraws the complaint." The reason should be fine, he shouldn't find out about us. ”

Julia bit her lip and thought for a moment, then nodded, "I'm with you, it's a little more formal." ”

Mark nodded: "That's two, let's take one with each of us to make sure the recording is clear." ”

There are a lot of such monitors in the monitoring team's car, and they didn't refuse, they installed one for Mark and Julia and put on headphones to test it, to make sure that there was no problem with them, and the two left the monitoring car and drove their own car directly to the target door.

Mark stepped forward and knocked on the door, and Julia stood on his side by the door, "FBI, is Mr. Cole Westwood here?" ”

Soon a man inside opened the door, "I am, you are?" ”

Mark showed his ID and said with a smile: "Mr. Westwood, I'm FBI Special Agent Mark Anderson, and this is my colleague Julia Lee, and we came here for your previous complaint. ”

Cole's eyes narrowed, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mark: "I apologize to you for my reckless behavior, can we go in?" ”

Cole: "No, you can handle it internally, that's all." ”

Cole was about to close the door after speaking, Mark stretched out his hand to block it, the smile on his face was still there, but it didn't look so sincere, "Please don't be so angry, I'm sincerely coming to apologize." I'm sorry. Can we go in and talk? ”

Mark's strength was not small, Cole slammed the door twice and didn't close it, he stared at Mark's face for a few seconds before he loosened his hand to close the door and let them in.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Mark apologized to Cole again, and explained the reason why he did it at the time, Cole's face was very ugly, and when Mark finished speaking, he immediately answered, "OK, I understand the situation now, I forgive you." You can go. With that, Cole stood up and prepared to see them off.

Mark also stood up, "Thank you, Mr. Westwood, for your understanding, I have another request, can you provide us with a copy of your surveillance footage, that murder happened not far away, I hope to try it from the surveillance to see if there are any clues." ”

Mark is also a kraft candy, he needs to attract Cole's attention and give Julia a little time to observe the situation in the room, but Cole is obviously unwilling to agree, and directly refuses, and asks them to leave, he will call the FBI to cancel the complaint.

Mark and Julia said a few more words that they needed Cole's cooperation to get the surveillance video, Cole broke out directly, threatening that if they didn't leave, they would call the police, and the two left the house, Cole closed the door directly in the back, and didn't come out to observe them at all.

The two walked towards the car, and Mark asked in a low voice, "Do you smell it?" ”

Julia mumbled in a nasal voice, "Get in the car." ”

The two got into the car, Mark started the car and left, and immediately stopped at the corner in front, Mark looked at Julia: "That smell is very similar to the pungent smell of marijuana, very light, I didn't find high-power appliances in his living room, I suspect that he may be growing marijuana in the room or basement, maybe just in the flowering period, otherwise the smell will be very strong." ”

Julia: "It's also possible that he was smoking marijuana in a room and the smell of smoke wafted out a little." ”

Mark: "No, he also has a smell on him, and it's very light, so he shouldn't have smoked it." ”

Julia thought for a moment, "Do you think it's necessary to notify the DEA?" ”

Mark: "No, we have jurisdiction too." It's just that the clues are not sufficient now, and it is only suspected that he is growing marijuana, so will it be a problem to apply for a search warrant? ”

Julia: "Probably not, if you think about what Yang said when he arranged for me to adjust the power situation, he must have already guessed." ”

Mark nodded, made a phone call to the surveillance team, told them to keep an eye on the two connected houses, and then started the car and went back to the office.

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Jimmy listened to Mark's story and nodded: "Yes, although it is speculation, but there is a report on the use of electricity, it is enough, you go and write an application." ”

Mark looked at Jimmy in surprise, "Is that enough?" ”

Jimmy nodded: "It's enough to match the electricity report, there is an abnormal smell, plus the abnormal use of electricity, we have reason to suspect that he is growing marijuana, this situation is just in line with our authority, and we have the right to investigate and arrest him." ”

Mark smiled, "Thank you, Yang." ”

Jimmy: "When you go to arrest people, remember to bring more people over and be louder." ”

Mark nodded, and Julia went to cooperate with him in writing the application report, and Jimmy was finally relieved that they still succeeded, otherwise I really don't know what reason to find him to go over.

His initial plan was to talk to the complainant to see if he could ease up, and when he found the plants in the basement, this idea would be gone, and he was not interested in talking about this kind of person, so in order to avoid accidents, he also specially arranged for a monitoring team to go over.

The monitoring records of the monitoring team can be used as evidence, which means that as long as they record the illegal behavior of the people in the house, they can directly arrange the arrest.

He told Kevin that he had already thought that the arrested person would definitely implicate his brother-in-law, and if it continued, the New York District Attorney would also have to be passive, and Kevin would have a lot of room to operate as a local snake.

He really didn't want Mark to contact the other party directly, this kind of grass planting person is not easy to deal with, in case of some accidents, it is not good for anyone, but Martin gave Jimmy a reason, or a very reasonable reason, so that they are basically not a teacher who comes to the door, and it is best to find clues, and they can't just continue to wait for the monitoring team.

Fortunately, the noses of the two of them are easier to use and can distinguish the smell of marijuana, so it is enough, as long as there are no special circumstances, such as the house suddenly catching fire, and everything is burned, and the next time they come to the door, they should be able to get all the stolen goods.

The search warrant was quickly applied, and the next day, Mark and Julia set off with a three-person support team and two members of the Forensic Identification Bureau to the target house.

"FBI, open the door, we have a search warrant!"

This time it was Zhengda Guangming's door-to-door, and the monitoring team confirmed that the person was still in the room and did not go out, and now was the right time.

Cole inside was originally in the room, and when he heard the FBI slamming the door, he immediately ran to the back door, and the agent next to the front door window happened to look inside, and when he saw someone running, he immediately shouted: "He wants to run, at the back door." ”

Mark: "Break the door." ”

"Bang" "Bang" two broken shots were shot, and with one more kick, the door was directly crooked to the side, and Mark and they rushed in and ran towards the back door.

Of course, there was no surprise in the result, Cole didn't run far before Mark caught up, and one thing to say, Mark's physical fitness did not give up training because of retirement, and he ran a lot faster than other agents.

Cole was thrown to the ground by Mark, grabbed by a gun to his head, and taken back to the house. Mark asked Julia to look at the back door and stare at the person next door, and let another agent stare at the front door of the house next door, leading the search himself.

The people from the Forensic Identification Department in the back saw that everyone was back, so they came in through the door, and inspected the room with the support agents, and soon found a frame for growing marijuana in one room and in the basement, two floors above and below, with fluorescent lamps, as Mark guessed, just in flowering, if you wait a little longer, it is estimated that these rooms will not be able to restrain this pungent smell.

Mark put Cole in the car, called Jimmy to report the situation, and as he spoke, Julia, who was watching from the back door, shouted, "Stop! Don't run! I need support. ”

The agents in the room immediately put down their belongings and ran out to support Julia, this time a little slower than before, but also managed to capture Cole's neighbor.

According to the direction of the wire, the people in the forensic department confirmed that there was a wire directly connected from the next door, which means that the power consumption in the basement and the small room here is actually shared by the two families, so the electricity avoided is too abnormal, and it is still within the general understandable range, after all, no one knows whether the home uses high-power appliances such as swimming pool heating.

They have good brains and know that they can let others share the burden to avoid exposing themselves, but they didn't expect that as a shield on their surface, the New York District Prosecutor could not stop these FBI agents who were not very happy.

The senior assistant magistrate is not low, and if it is someone from other departments in New York, he may really want to give some face.

Jimmy was notified by Mark and immediately called Kevin, "Our people have already carried out the arrest, if you have a plan on your side, you can start." ”

Kevin: "Got it?" ”

Jimmy: "I haven't brought it back yet, but I should be able to dig it up." ”

Kevin: "Okay. ”

They don't have any clues about the murder case for the time being, and it's not bad to have a drug case temporarily, at least Mark can be in a better mood and be more interested in work in the future.

It's not that Jimmy doesn't want to participate in the murder case, the main thing is that there are no clues at all now, there are a lot of unsolved murders of this kind, not every case Jimmy can find clues, now it's just the two of them to follow, and if there is a new case, this will be suspended and sealed first.

Cole's surveillance did get it back, Mark and they interrogated Cole, and at the same time asked the technical department to call up the monitoring for technical repair, because the murder was at night, and what they wanted to see was whether there were any abnormal people passing by at night, and the field of view and resolution of this kind of monitoring were very poor, and it was completely unclear to see normally.

Jimmy watched the interrogation, the facts were there, silence was ineffective, and for Jimmy and them, having a confession was just to save the federal prosecutor's work pressure, and it basically did not have much impact on the judge's decision.

However, after the first interrogation, Jimmy asked Mark and Julia to bring in Assistant Prosecutor Westwood and his wife, because they were landlords and related to Cole, so there was no problem in asking them to help with the investigation.

Westwood still knows the law very well, and he informed his wife of the lawyer when Mark and the others came to the door, and to be an assistant prosecutor, he must have a lawyer's license, so he is a lawyer himself, and he doesn't need to call another person over for the time being.

But it is undeniable that the news that a local prosecutor was taken away by the FBI still spread quickly, and before they returned to the office, Jimmy received a call from Kevin, mainly to remind Jimmy not to go too far, after all, his identity is different.

Jimmy was present when he spoke to Mr. and Mrs. Westwood, but it was Lord Mark who asked, but they said that they didn't know anything about Cole planting grass, but that he was his wife's younger brother, so they gave him the house to live in.

After the first inquiry and the final results had not yet been obtained, Jimmy did not intend to detain them directly, so after making the transcript, he only told them not to leave New York for a short time and wait for the FBI investigation, and then let them go back for the time being.

Sometimes that's how it is, different people are treated differently, they don't even spend the night in the FBI building, they sign off a few hours before and after, but Cole is different, he is thrown straight into prison, waiting for the Westwoods' side of the results, and then waiting for the federal prosecutor to arrange the process of prosecution in prison.

His neighbors didn't run away either, and they were all involved in the grass planting business, and the Forensic Science Section collected the neighbor's fingerprints in the basement, indicating that they were together.

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Remark:

The legalization of medical marijuana in the United States is still very early, and California passed the Medical Marijuana Act (Proposition 215) in 1996, allowing patients with certain diseases to use medical marijuana.

The legalization of recreational marijuana was first in Colorado in 2012 and in New York in 2021, regardless of whether the cultivation of industrial hemp, medical marijuana, or later recreational marijuana requires a license from the government and is subject to the supervision of the relevant departments arranged by the state government.

As of 2021, California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Maine, and Missouri allow adults to grow no more than 6 cannabis plants at home, and some states allow up to 12 cannabis plants per family.

However, marijuana remains illegal under U.S. federal law, and under federal law, it is still illegal for individuals to grow marijuana.

Generally speaking, the legal use of marijuana in states where marijuana is legalized will not be pursued by federal law, but if it involves the use of marijuana in federal premises or within federal jurisdiction, it will face federal law, such as federal buildings, offices of federal agencies, federal courts, and other areas in each state, all of which are applicable to federal law.

In addition, if there are violations such as cross-state transportation of marijuana, mass trafficking, tax evasion, money laundering, etc., they are also covered by federal law and will still be prosecuted.

Finally,11The subscription data came out.,It's been declining for the last three months.,I'm thinking about whether to prepare for the end of the plot later.,Open a second outline......

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